Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. In a win for the paid tax prep industry, it looks like the government’s free tax filing program, Direct File, is dead ...

Rumors of the demise of the free IRS tax filing software Direct File have been circulating since Tax Day 2025. On Monday, the IRS officially ended the program, at least for 2026. In a letter to 25 ...

With its Direct File program, the IRS tried to give U.S. taxpayers a free solution to a longstanding complaint: that tax prep is too expensive. Created by the Inflation Reduction Act, Direct File ...

The IRS is suspending the Direct File program, a free guided tax software for taxpayers in 25 states, for the upcoming filing season. Other free federal tax preparation programs will still be ...

Direct File, now in its second year, lets some taxpayers electronically file their returns directly with the agency for free. Some are calling for it to be discontinued, saying the price tag may not ...

The Internal Revenue Service may soon scrap its Direct File program, which allows Americans to file their taxes for free. Photo from Sean Lee via Unsplash The Internal Revenue Service is poised to ...

The Internal Revenue Service has halted a popular service that once provided a free option for taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. The program, Direct File, was launched by the U.S.

Trump's Treasury Department calls Direct File 'a failed program' Casey Lantz had a particularly painless time filing her taxes this year - though it may be the last time she can say that. The Seattle ...

IRS Direct File, the nation's first free tax-filing system, was meant to ease the pain of complex filings. Employees who worked on it are worried that DOGE wants to kill the two-year-old program to ...

The IRS free tax filing program, known as Direct File, has faced heavy Republican scrutiny since its 2024 launch. Direct File expanded to more than 30 million taxpayers across 25 states for the 2025 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building on September 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) ...